Displaying 40 objects from the Goldstein Museum of Design’s collection does not tell the whole story. In fact, the exhibited objects represent only about 1/10th of a percent of the 34,000+ objects catalogued, housed, and cared for by GMD. Since its 1976 opening, GMD has collected thousands of objects from over 1,000 donors, and curated over 200 exhibitions.

Seeing 40/40 encourages visitors to see the presence of design in all of our lives and its keen ability to remind one of time and place. Forty people with a variety of backgrounds have generously contributed their skills to the exhibition, selecting an object from GMD’s permanent collection and providing a unique context for it. Whether an object’s writer has a formal approach that discusses its functionality and history, or a more journalistic approach that includes a personal narrative, visitors will see the object through another’s eyes.

Join us in reflecting on how design solves complicated issues, and unscrambles daily dilemmas in wondrous ways.

U of M Landscape Architecture:

Celebrating 50 years!

Opens September 16, 2016

Join classmates and colleagues as the University of Minnesota celebrates 50 years of landscape architecture education and looks forward to more! Landscape Architecture’s celebratory exhibition in HGA Gallery will feature over 35 designers including:

All GMD programming is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support Grant, thanks to legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.